Secondary Reinforcers Are Also Called _____ Because They Acquire Their

question 9

Multiple Choice

Secondary reinforcers are also called _____ because they acquire their value through being associated with established reinforcers. 

• A)innate reinforcers  
• B)conditioned reinforcers  
• C)primary reinforcers  
• D)unconditioned reinforcers

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Definitions:

Peter Principle

A concept in management that suggests people in a hierarchy tend to rise to their "level of incompetence."

Premack Principle

A psychological principle suggesting that more probable behaviors can reinforce less probable behaviors if the more probable behavior is performed after the less probable one.

Complementary Traits

Characteristics or qualities in individuals that, when combined, enhance mutual compatibility and effectiveness in relationships or team dynamics.

Dominant

Referring to a trait that supersedes another inherited trait in the phenotype of an organism.